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TV: NBC Orders “Dracula” Series, Already Announces New Count!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 24, 2012 @ 6:33pm
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First “Hannibal” and now “Dracula”.

NBC has given a 10-episode straight-to-series order to “Dracula,” with “The Tudors” star Jonathan Rhys Meyers (pictured) set to play the iconic vampire, says DL.

Based on an idea by Krantz, “Dracula” is set in the 1890s and has been described as “Dangerous Liaisons” meets “The Tudors”.

In the NBC/Sky Living series, “Dracula (Meyers) arrives in London, posing as an American entrepreneur who maintains that he wants to bring modern science to Victorian society. In reality, he hopes to wreak revenge on the people who ruined his life centuries earlier but falls hopelessly in love with a woman who seems to be a reincarnation of his dead wife.” READ MORE

Eli Roth In Talks To Direct Dracula’s Revival In ‘Harker’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 10, 2012 @ 8:40pm
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Eli Roth (pictured below; Hostel, Cabin Fever) is in talks to go back behind the camera for a Warner Bros project in development to star Russell Crowe (above), says Deadline.

In Harker, Lee Shipman & Brian McGreevy’s reimagining of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula”, Crowe is attached to play Dracula who is tracked by Jonathan Harker, a Scotland Yard detective.

Crowe is only on board for the first film, but the script sets up the sleuth as a potential new franchise character. Harker is as yet uncast. Jaume Collet-Serra (Whiteout, Orphan, House of Wax) was originally attached to direct.

Harker will be produced by Appian Way (which produced Collet-Serra’s last directorial outing Orphan with Joel Silver’s Dark Castle) and its partners Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson Killoran. Making this even cozier, Shipman and McGreevy wrote and are executive producing the Netflix TV project “Hemlock Grove” which Eli Roth is directing and exec-producing. READ MORE

Take The Expanded Ultimate Horror Challenge!!! How Do You Rank Now?

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Posted by EvanDickson on July 06, 2012 @ 2:04pm
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We have heard your cries! MANY of you felt that the The Ultimate Horror Challenge wasn’t comprehensive enough! So we included an additional 20 films that round it out a bit more. Many of these are from your suggestions! But this still isn’t a list of every horror movie ever made. And it still doesn’t contain every major work of every horror auteur (there’s still no John Carpenter’s They Live or Wes Craven’s The Last House On The Left).

The next update will be the Ultimate Horror Challenge: Final Edition – where we take your best new suggestions and use them to get up to 101 films that every horror fan should see! So in addition to your ranking, let us know which films should make the cut! Should newer fan favorites like Frozen or The Devil’s Rejects be included? Should we go back and pick up a few more old-school slashers? You’re shaping the Final 20! Discuss and vote and I’ll tally it up!

There are now 81 Films listed below the jump. Each film you’ve seen earns you 1 Point. Count out how many you’ve seen and let us know which category you fall into!

1-10 Points: Soccer Mom

11-20 Points: Mildly Adventurous

21-30 Points: Casual Fan

31-40 Points: Enthusiast

41-50 Points: Hardcore

51-60 Points: Unstable

61-70 Points: Need Meds

71-80 Points: Psychopath

81 Points: Special Circle Of Hell

Head inside to take the challenge! The films are listed in no particular order. This is NOT a ranking! READ MORE

Take The Ultimate Horror Challenge!!! What’s Your Score?

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Posted by EvanDickson on June 28, 2012 @ 6:00am
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This isn’t a list of every horror movie ever made. Nor does it contain every major work of every horror auteur (you’ll notice we didn’t include John Carpenter’s They Live or Wes Craven’s The Last House On The Left). Rather, this is a compendium of films that we feel – in one way or another – are essential viewing for every horror fan. Some are mainstream (Poltergeist), some aren’t (Cannibal Holocaust). It’s a broad sampling of key films from the genre.

But you don’t have to be a horror die-hard to take the challenge! If you’re comfortable being a “Soccer Mom”, simply clock how many of these you have (or haven’t) seen and let us know! There are 61 Films listed below the jump. Each film you’ve seen earns you 1 Point. Count out how many you’ve seen and let us know which category you fall into. You can give us your specific count in the comments or yell at us for the films we’ve left out!! The categories are:

1-10 Points: Soccer Mom

11-20 Points: Mildly Adventurous

21-30 Points: Casual Fan

31-40 Points: Hardcore

41-50 Points: Unstable

51-60 Points: Psychopath

61 Points: Special Circle Of Hell

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[OMFG] Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, Creature From the Black Lagoon & More Restored For Blu-ray!!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on June 28, 2012 @ 5:33am
Category: Movies / Home Video

For the first time ever, eight of the most iconic cinematic masterpieces of the horror genre are available together on Blu-ray as Universal Classic Monsters: The Essential Collection debuts on October 2, 2012 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. Digitally restored from high resolution film elements in perfect high-definition picture and perfect high-definition sound for the first time ever, Universal Classic Monsters: The Essential Collection brings together the very best of Universal’s legendary monsters—imaginative and technically groundbreaking tales of terror that launched a uniquely American movie genre. This definitive collection features eight films on Blu-ray, a collectible 48-page book featuring behind-the-scenes photographs, original posters, correspondence and much more. Each iconic film is accompanied by an array of bonus features that tell the fascinating story of its creation and history, including behind-the-scenes documentaries, filmmaker commentaries, interviews, storyboards, photo galleries, and trailers. Especially appealing for fans are a never-before-seen featurette about the restoration of Dracula and the first ever offering of Creature from the Black Lagoon in its restored Blu-ray 3D version!

From the era of silent movies through the present day, Universal Pictures has been regarded as the home of the monsters. Universal Classic Monsters: The Essential Collection honors the studio’s accomplishments with the most iconic monsters in motion-picture history including Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Invisible Man, Bride of Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, Phantom of the Opera and Creature from the Black Lagoon. Featuring performances by legends of the horror genre, including Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney, Jr., Claude Rains and Elsa Lanchester, these eight iconic films also feature groundbreaking special effects and innovative makeup that continue to influence filmmakers into the 21st century. Sure to be a Halloween favorite for years to come, Universal Classic Monsters: The Essential Collection is the ideal gift for film buffs and horror aficionados alike!

Inside you can check out the full specs, art and watch a video depicting the Dracula restoration process. AMAZING. READ MORE

Orci and Kurtzman To Approach ‘Van Helsing’ Remake Like ‘The Dark Knight’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on June 27, 2012 @ 7:54am
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Producers Robert Orci and Alex Kurtzman recently spoke to Crave about the forthcoming Van Helsing, which is (no shock) a reboot.

“Well, I don’t want to give away too much, because we are actually at the very beginning of talking about what to do with it. But I do feel like the Van Helsing that Anthony Hopkins plays in [Bram Stoker’s] Dracula is sort of the parody version of it, and the Van Helsing that Hugh Jackman played was obviously in a different place as well,” they explain. “I think that these kinds of movies have evolved a lot since then. You know, The Dark Knight was a major, major corner-turning moment in the way that genre and superhero stories could be told. Really grounded in reality. Really grounded in really cool things. That’s what I’d like to do without sacrificing the fantasy element. We aspired to do that as well on Trek, you know, keep it “real.” That’s such a different franchise than Batman, but that’s really what we wanted to do. And we’d love to do that with Van Helsing.”

The duo aren’t saying that the original was a parody, but they’re correct in stating that it feels like it. The hammy nature of Universal’s 2004 film, directed by Stephen Somers, is as cheeseball filled as they come. Approaching the franchise from a real place begins with the script and ends with the effects work. Hopefully they can work together and deliver a epic creature feature that we deserve?

Incredibly Rare ‘Dracula’ Poster Discovered, Sold For $143,400

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Posted by MrDisgusting on March 27, 2012 @ 5:58pm
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Incredibly Rare Dracula Poster Discovered, Sold For $143,400

Who doesn’t love to read about insane collectibles that none of us could ever possibly own?

The Hollywood Reporter writes about a trove of rare movie posters from the early ’30s discovered in Berwick Pennsylvania that fetched a disgusting $503,000 at an auction conducted by Heritage Auctions.

While most of them aren’t relevant here, the most coveted item in the collection was a rare 1931 one-sheet from Universal Pictures’ Tod Browning-directed Dracula, just one of four known copies in existence, which fetched $143,400, slightly below its initial estimate of $200,000.

The gorgeous painted poster features Béla Lugosi as Dracula and the tagline “The story of the strangest passion the world has ever known!”

What I would do to have this hanging in my apartment… READ MORE

Sony Puts Down Stakes On New ‘Dracula’ Franchise!

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Posted by EvanDickson on February 27, 2012 @ 10:43pm
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DraculaSony22712 Sony Puts Down Stakes On New Dracula Franchise!

Sheesh. There are so many Dracula projects in development, I don’t even know what to call this project. Sony hasn’t given a title yet, so right now I’ll call it Dracula or Untitled Dracula Origin Story. This is not to be confused with Universal’s Dracula Year Zero or Dario Argento’s Dracula 3D. It’s also completely different from the Guillermo Del Toro/Chuck Hogan contemporary telling of the story

The Sony version is based off a sought-after pitch by Jason Keller and is intended to be a period-piece franchise starter produced by Joe Roth and Palak Patel.

Per Deadline, “Sony Pictures has acquired a pitch from scribe Jason Keller for a period origin story on the Dracula mythology that will be produced by Joe Roth and Palak Patel. I’m hearing the deal was high six figures against seven-figures. It becomes the latest in a growing list of films about the iconic vampire borne out of the legend of Vlad the Impaler. Insiders at Sony would only say the intention is to launch a period franchise… Keller most recently scripted Relativity Media’s ‘Mirror Mirror’”

Let’s hope this project is nothing like Mirror, Mirror. READ MORE

TV: NBC Goes Young and Sexy With ‘Dracula’. That’s Lame.

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Posted by MrDisgusting on January 13, 2012 @ 4:02am
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NBC is giving the classic vampire tale of Count Dracula a contemporary spin, reports Deadline. The site reports that the network has teamed with producers Tony Krantz and Colin Callender and writer Cole Haddon for a “Dracula” series eyed for both the U.S. and international marketplace.

The project, developed for NBC and NBCU’s international channels, has a “script-to-series” commitment, meaning that it won’t go through a pilot stage but straight to series if NBC brass like the script, which is currently being written by Haddon.

“Dracula,” produced by Krantz’s Flame Vantures, Callender’s Playground Entertainment, Universal TV and NBCU International Prods., is based on an idea by Krantz. “Set in the 1890s, it is described as “Dangerous Liaisons meets The Tudors” and as a big, sweeping international soap opera that is young, sexy and supernatural.”

BARF.

In the deal for Dracula, NBC employed the same model it is using for another drama project about an iconic villain, “Hannibal.” That project, written by Bryan Fuller and produced by Gaumont International Television, also has a commitment for a script against 13-episode order. Both shows have pre-sold titles, along with Fuller’s “Munsters” reboot, which was recently picked up to pilot by NBC. READ MORE

AFM ’11: More Bloody Images From Dario Argento’s ‘Dracula 3D’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on November 02, 2011 @ 11:28pm
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While the official website is already jam-packed with imagery, we’ve now scored a slew of new images and some 3-D lenticular sales art for Dario Argento’s Dracula 3D, which is on sale at the American Film Market in Santa Monica, CA.

Starring Thomas Kretschmann, Marta Gastini, Rutger Hauer, Asia Argento, Miguel Angel Silvestre, Miriam Giovanelli, there are a few older bloody photos below, along with another look at the 800 page synopsis. Can’t they just say “based on the original novel by Bram Stroker, about the vampire Dracula, an icon of twentieth century culture”? READ MORE

Go Behind-the-Scenes of Dario Argento’s ‘Dracula 3D’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on October 20, 2011 @ 3:37pm
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Go Behind the Scenes of Dario Argentos Dracula 3D

While the official website is already jam-packed with imagery, website Soloparolesparse has been provided with several handfuls of new behind-the-scenes stills from Dario Argento’s Dracula 3D, which is to be sold at next month’s American Film Market in Santa Monica, CA.

‘Dracula’ Falls At The Feet Of A Hammer Wielding ‘Hulk’ This Wednesday!

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Posted by THEoDEAD on October 10, 2011 @ 4:33pm
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NEWS FLASH: “The Incredible Hulk” is can kick the crap out of a centuries old vampire. To me that is the equivalent to Mike Tyson getting in the ring with my 86 year old Grandmother. Hand ol’ Big Green a Hammer of the Gods and I can’t believe how the Bloodsucker made it three issues. Whatever the case, beyond the break you can get a 4 page look at the series’ latest ish that hits shelves Wednesday. Read on for the skinny…

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Posted by Lonmonster on July 28, 2011 @ 10:14pm
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What’s that you say? The Hulk fights to the death with the most infamous blood-sucker of all time! Marvel brings some real terror into their Fear Itself event as things get hot and heavy between Dracula and Dei-Hulk. The showdown hits stands this September and inside you can check out a sweet 5 page preview thanks to our friends at DC Comics. Read on for the skinny…

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 09, 2011 @ 4:43am
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Fans who still believe Dario Argento can do no wrong take note of the newly launched official website for his latest horror entry, Dracula 3D, which features a behind-the-scenes video and a slew of first ever official photography!

Starring Thomas Kretschmann, Marta Gastini, Rutger Hauer, Asia Argento, Miguel Angel Silvestre, Miriam Giovanelli, there are a few bloody photos below, along with yet another 800 page synopsis. Can’t they just say “based on the original novel by Bram Stroker, about the vampire Dracula, an icon of twentieth century culture”? Personally, I’m not all that impressed with the images, and don’t understand why it’s necessary to unload 37 revealing looks at the film. I want to be surprised!

Click here for the full gallery:

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Posted by David Harley on July 03, 2011 @ 8:23pm
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I wonder if Dario knows what Twitter is, or that he has no reason to hire a PR agency to promote Dracula 3D because his daughter, Asia, is doing a great job distributing production stills online all by herself. The latest slew of photos shows her character, Lucy, after her transformation and Alan Jones hanging out on the set. My question is when are we going to see Rutger Hauer running around with stakes?

Argento’s stereoscopic retelling of Dracula has no release date as of yet, but one would assume late 2011 or early 2012.
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Asia Argento Snaps ‘Dracula 3D’ Set Photos

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Posted by David Harley on June 10, 2011 @ 7:54pm
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I have to admit that I really wasn’t excited for Dario Argento’s Dracula 3D until I heard that Rutger Hauer was cast as Van Helsing. He’s an extremely intense actor when he wants to be, and I can’t wait to watch him chew the scenery as the famous vampire slayer.

Today, Asia Argento – who plays Lucy – posted a few behind-the-scenes photos from the set, including shots of Mina (Marta Gastini), her dad, and a building which I assume is either Carfax Abbey or Castle Dracula.
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IDW Announces Massive Vampire Anthology – ‘In The Shadow Of Dracula’!

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Posted by THEoDEAD on May 23, 2011 @ 11:06pm
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We really should just start making a daily column to collect any and all vampire comic related stories. Anywho, today Big 4 publisher IDW announced that it will be soliciting a massive 400 page vampire anthology this August with “IN THE SHADOW OF DRACULA”. Below you can check out the specs for the cover art and get the full list of writers contributing to the project, and the synopsis.

WRITTEN BY: John Polidori, Johann Ludwig Tieck, Aleksei Tolstoy, Theodore Gautier, James Malcolm Rymer, Sheridan Le Fanu, Eliza Lynn Linton, Anne Crawford, Mary Cholmondeley, Count Stenbock, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Augustus Hare, Hume Nisbet, F. G. Loring, Marry E. Wilkins-Freeman, M. R. James, F. Marion Crawford, Algernon Blackwood, E. F. Benson, Bram Stoker, Alice and Claude Askew
ILLUSTRATIONS BY: Michael Manomivibul

“As popular and influential as Bram Stoker’s classic tale of nocturnal menace is, that 1897 novel did not invent vampire fiction, nor was it alone in feeding the Gothic fantasies of the Victorian period. IDW Publishing presents an expertly selected menu of outstanding vampire prose stories that either informed or benefited from Bram Stoker’s hugely popular creation. These eerie tales of the undead — some 22 in all — form the core cannon of classic vampire literature. Chosen and introduced by celebrated literary scholar and author Leslie S. Klinger, with illustrations by horror artist Michael Monomivibul, In the Shadow of Dracula brings to adventuresome readers stories of nocturnal terror that have lived in Stoker’s shadow for too long.”

“IN THE SHADOW OF DRACULA” Hits Stores This August From IDW Publishing! (MSRP – $16.99)
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Non-News Of The Day: ‘Vlad’ Director Excited About His Own Film

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Posted by David Harley on May 20, 2011 @ 1:57am
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All has been quiet on Summit’s Vlad – which was in development before the studio’s public announcement in late 2009 – until today, when MTV published information from an interview they conducted with director Anthony Mandler last week.

Recently signing onto Die In A Gunfight, the music video helmer said that he is “deep into ‘Vlad,’ the origin story of Dracula… I think kind of shortly things are going to start unfolding.” He also added that he “[has] a rewrite that the story loves (?) and we’re optimistic as to our casting. I can’t talk about that yet.”

An informal announcement about making an announcement. Incredible.

Zac Efron has been cast in Die In A Gunfight, leading some to believe that the up-and-comer (who I spotted in an episode of Firefly yesterday) might have a part in Vlad after Mandler compared the future of the star’s career to that of Leonardo DiCaprio and Johnny Depp’s. Only time will tell.
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The ENTIRE Plot, Along With a New Poster for ‘Dracula 3D’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on May 02, 2011 @ 5:05pm
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It was announced today that Marta Gastini (The Rite), Rutger Hauer (Blade Runner, Hobo With a Shotgun), Asia Argento (Land of the Dead), Miguel Angel Silvestre and Miriam Giovanelli will all star in Filmexport Group’s Dracula 3D, Bloody Disgusting first learned.

To be helmed by Italian horror icon Dario Argento, the latest Vlad the Impaler pic is based on the original novel by Bram Stroker, about the vampire Dracula, an icon of twentieth century culture.

Inside you will not only find a new sales poster, but you’ll also find a massive rundown of the entire plot. Wowsa!
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Fright-Rags To Release All New Limited Printing – ‘Monster-Mash’

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Posted by THEoDEAD on March 25, 2011 @ 6:13am
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Fright-Rags continues to lead the pack with their ever expanding resume of horror inspired t-shirts, and as of today you can pick up their newest creation – “MONSTER MASH”. The tee (pictured below) is the product of artist Jason Edmiston (“Wacky Packages”, “Rue-Morgue”, “Mondo”)and Famous Monsters of Filmland, and limited to just 300 prints. The shirt went on sale today, so be sure to snatch one of them up before they are all gone.

“MONSTER MASH” Is Available NOW On Fright-Rags’ Official Website! (MSRP-$19.95) READ MORE

‘Fear Itself’ Begins Within The Pages Of ‘Throne Of Blood’ Issue #1!

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Posted by THEoDEAD on March 10, 2011 @ 1:15am
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Marvel is hoping that they have a hit on their hands (Let’s face it – they need one at this point) with the newest major storyline from the publisher who brought you such classics as “THE CLONE SAGA”, “HOUSE OF M”, and “CURSE OF THE MUTANTS”, with “FEAR ITSELF”! I know you are excited, and so am I, if you cannot tell from my sheer elation for the fact that the clock is steadily ticking down until the April 27th release date for “TOMB OF DRACULA: THRONE OF BLOOD” issue #1. (Yawn) In any event, inside you can check out a 5 page preview of the book before it hits shelves next month. Read on for the skinny!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on February 21, 2011 @ 6:43pm
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Coming off the Grindhouse-hyped Hobo With a Shotgun (acquired by Magnolia Pictures out of Sundance), Rutger Hauer is all of a sudden a hot commodity.

According to Italian press, the star of Blade Runner and The Hitcher has landed the role of Van Helsing in Dario Argento’s forthcoming Dracula 3D!

Shooting is scheduled to begin this May. While Argento is one of the greatest horror directors to ever walk the Earth, his latest have been nothing short of disappointing. Here’s hoping that his Bram Stoker adaptation is better than Giallo, Mother of Tears and The Card Player.

Rutger Hauer Handed Van Helsings Cape for Argentos Dracula 3D!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on December 23, 2010 @ 8:05pm
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After Giallo and Mother of Tears I am sad to report that I just don’t care about Dario Argento’s Dracula 3D. I’d bet against it. I’d bet A LOT of money against it. Some (small) fresh news today as it was reported that powerful Spanish film-TV businessman Enrique Cerezo has taken a minority co-production stake in Italian horror maestro’s stereoscopic 3D adaptation of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula.” The English-language pic, set to go into production from February in Hungary, is budgeted at Euro10 million ($13.2 million). Not much more to report than that, but it looks as if it’s actually happening. Yay?
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